Genaro Bardy is an advertising consultant turned freelance photographer, filmmaker and story-teller currently lives and works in Paris, France. With his latest project Desert in the City, Genaro portrays the big cities of the world as a ghost town without any tourists or commuters in sight. Last year I was looking for a way to create a series of pictures that would make a beautiful portrait of my beloved Paris, where I live, he says. I thought of photos of New York I had done just before Irene hurricane back in 2011. Streets were totally empty during the curfew and I had the chance to wander in an empty Manhattan.